A young American man is
transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets
his ancestors. Lovecraft saw this film four times in late 1933.
H.P. Lovecraft said of this film: "It is the most weirdly perfect embodiment
of my own moods and pseudo-memories that I have ever seen--for all my life
I have felt as if I might wake up out of this dream of an idiotic Victorian
age and insane jazz age into the sane reality of 1760 or 1770 or 1780 .
. . the age of the white steeples and fanlighted doorways of the ancient
hill, and of the long-s'd books of the old dark attic trunk-room at 454
Angell Street. God Save the King!"" (to J. Vernon Shea, 4 February 1934).

"This does remind one a LOT of "The Case of
Charles Dexter Ward" and has some fairly risqué concepts for the
time, but also a bit of a downer. Leslie Howard looks just like HPL,
though." - NecronomiCon 5

CALTIKI,
THE IMMORTAL MONSTER

1959

Italy,
1959, (Language / Italian) bw-76 minutes

[Original title: CALTIKI, IL MONSTRO IMMORTALE]

Also Known As:Caltiki the Undying Monster (1960) (USA)Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1960)

English wrtier Ramsey Campbell
describes this low budget monster-on-the-loose flick as the "one film which
is more HPL than any." Made by Italians, set in Mexico, and shot in Spain,
Caltiki involves an amorphous shape that rises from an underground lake
near a Mayan temple and turns its victims into skeletal-armed murderers.
Better than it sounds, it was directed by cult Italian auteur Freda and
photographed by the equally venerated Mario Bava (under the alias of "John
Foam.")

---SYNOPSIS: Archaeologists investigating some
Mayan ruins come across a blob-like monster. They manage to destroy it
with fire, but keep a sample. Meanwhile, a comet is due to pass close to
the Earth - the same comet passed near the Earth at the time the Mayan
civilization mysteriously collapsed. Coincidence? - James Barrett {jbarrett@sbastk.ess.sunysb.edu}

...COMMENT: Randall R. Duke (rrduke@bellsouth.net),
Atlanta, Georgia USA: Very enjoyable B monster movie. The Caltiki
monster is similar to the monsters in "The Blob" and "X, The Unknown",
but this one is made of living lava. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie both
as a kid and as an adult. Even though the plot line is very standard, it
has some tense moments when they realize what makes Caltiki grow, and that
they left it back at the lab in ideal growing conditions. If you're a B
movie fan, this is a must see.

SCARLET FRIDAY

1963 - Un-produced

USA/Italy
(AIP) circa 1963.

Dir Mario Bava.

Starring: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee.

Film Rumor

.

API's first announcement
that they planned to film H.P. Lovecraft's THE DUNWICH HORROR was to have
co-starred horror greats Karloff and Lee. Unfortunately, Karloff rejected
the proposed screenplay and the project languished until 1969. In the early
Sixties AIP also announced versions of THE RATS IN THE WALLS, THE SHADOW
OVER INNSMOUTH, and THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD - the latter two both
to be titled THE HAUNTED VILLAGE.

-----Excerpt from a review by Robert Monellwww.dark-waters.com/reviews/franco/succubus.htm

SUCCUBUS was adapted, according to Franco,
from the medieval classic of the occult, the Necronomicon, and the opening
shots of paintings -- some erotic, some religious-some both in the style
of Bosch -- set the proper mood.

Lorna (Janine Reynaud) walks onto a dark stage
in her tight black leather dominitrix gear, complete with whip and a sheathed
knife. She proceeds to tease and stab a tied-up man and tied woman. This
was a daring sequence back in the late 60s, and seen today it still has
some shock value. It also carries thematic validity, as it is revealed
to be a performance staged by Lorna's producer-lover, Bill (Jack Taylor).

Immediately, Franco blurs the line between
fantasy and reality, a technique employed throughout, in dream sequences,
delirious visions, and flashbacks. Amid the hypnotic action, Franco manages
to tell the story of how Lorna is used by a demon (Michel Lemoine) to gather
the souls of several corrupted individuals. Bill thinks he is in league
with the demon until he too is murdered by Lorna, and presumably his soul
is dispatched straight to hell.

Lorna is last seen walking with the demon into
a Lisbon castle for a well-deserved rest. Though the demon constantly refers
to Lorna as, "a devil on earth," Franco keeps us constantly guessing about
Lorna's identity.

The success of SUCCUBUS in both Europe and
later in the U.S. hurled Franco down the path of sexploitation cinema:
women in prison, horror, adventure, science fiction, more Eurospy adventures,
whatever followed would henceforce be spiked with varying doses of (often
perverse) eroticism.

----Web referencewww.foreignfilms.com/films/7352.asp

The
Space Eaters - Monsters

1991.

3rd
Season 1990, production 3-15 (63rd aired episode), aired 6 Jan 91

The Space Eaters

guest stars: Richard Clarke () Mart Hulswit
() Richard M. Hughs ()

writer: Robert Megginson story: Frank Belknap
Long director: Robert Megginson

One episode was based on
the Frank Belknap Long story "The Space Eaters."

SUMMARY:
The station becomes a hotbed of galactic controversy when Sinclair is forced
to protect a notorious war criminal -- a scientist who's invented an immortality
serum. Ambassador Kosh hires telepath Talia Winters to oversee a very unusual
negotiation.

"Deathwalker": Courtroom scene in which the
leader of the League of Non-aligned Worlds (an alien woman with some sort
of aquatic ridge along her head) escorts a shrouded alien to its seat.
A little bit later, you get a really good glimpse of what is hidden within
the shroud--an alien with an octopus-like head, complete with face tentacles.
This race, the Pak'ma'ra, have since appeared in several other episodes.

[Note the similarity of the race Pak'ma'ra
to the Deep Ones half human children, especially Pth'thya-lyi,
the second wife of Obed Marsh. Once the children of the Deep Ones
depart land they head for the underwater city of Y'ha-nthlei.]

SUMMARY: Lyta Alexander
returns to the station at Kosh's behest. One of Theo's brothers discovers
that he may have a hidden past. Brad Dourif as Brother Edward. Louis Turenne
as Brother Theo. Patricia Tallman as Lyta Alexander.

This episode has a character known as Brother
"Edward"/"Charles Dexter"; a reference to Lovecraft's The Case of Charles
Dexter Ward. Also the Partricia Tallman character might be a reference
to "Alyda" of The Unnamable played by Katrin "Alexander."

Says Straczynski: The names Edward and Charlie
may also be a reference to two H.P. Lovecraft stories. In "The Thing
On the Doorstep," a character named Edward falls in love with a woman whose
grandfather has shifted his soul into her body, replacing hers. In
"The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward," the title character becomes
obsessed with the memory of an ancient ancestor.

In the dark silence of the sea during World
War II, the submarine U.S.S. Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine
rescue mission. But for the shell-shocked crew, trapped together in the
sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces, this is about to become
a journey into the sensory delusions, mental deceptions and runaway fear
that lurk just below the surface of the ocean and deep inside the human
psyche.

Backlash007, KentuckyDate: 12 March 2003

Who dropped the ball on this one? I sometimes
wonder about Dimension studios. When things like Dracula 2000 are giving
a wide theatrical release and you do not see one trailer for Below, you've
got to question their actions. This movie was tense, engrossing, and thoroughly
entertaining. It's a ghost story that takes place in a real situation upon
a submarine during WWII. I say real situation because much of the movie
could be mistaken for a regular war movie, like U-571. But a few creepy
moments are allowed to sneak up on you because you're not ready for them.
You think you're watching a war epic and forget what's buried under it:
a horror movie. I'm not going to compare it to Ghost Ship because that
is unfair to both films. They both might be about haunted ships out to
sea, but that's about all they have in common. I think they are both good
flicks in their own right. Third-time director David Twohy (Pitch Black)
has impressed me again. Hopefully, his next film will get the royal treatment.
None of the actors are names you automatically recognize and that's a good
thing. The entire cast was excellent and you might notice Lock, Stock,
and Two Smoking Barrels alumni Jason Flemyng and Dexter Fletcher. Much
like Pitch Black, the cast seemed to be filled with actors who are ready
to break out. Just make sure you watch it twice because you will definitely
miss some things. Don't let Below get swept away by accident with the rest
of the straight-to-video fodder. Go rent it. In closing I would just like
to say Dimension, shame on you.